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1240796

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Speed Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to police authorities on the holding of speed awareness courses during the covid-19 outbreak; where live classroom courses are not available, what alternatives exist for people with no internet provision or access to a webcam and microphone; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	99531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The management of speed awareness courses is an operational matter for individual police forces and course providers who decide on the format and content of courses. Course providers do provide clear joining instructions for each person attending an online course. If individuals have poor IT skills or IT access providers can work with them via their call centres, to assist course completion on a case by case basis. The police are working with providers to develop alternative delivery methods for special characteristic groups for example a booklet with follow-up consultation.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/10/2020 15:58:12 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1144862

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Community Policing: Speed Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the level of resources allocated to community speed watch schemes; how many of those schemes have been set up in each police force area; what assessment he has made of the value for money of those schemes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	286667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Decisions on the level of resources allocated and when to adopt these schemes are operational matters for individual Police and Crime Commisioners and Chief Constables in conjuction with local policing plans. They are best placed to understand how to meet the needs of local communuties.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 09/09/2019 15:15:11 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1139304

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of police officers who are signed-off from work with stress and work-related illness.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	277661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The number and proportion of police officers who are signed-off from work with stress and work-related illness is not collected centrally by the Home Office.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of police officers on long-term absence as at 31st March each year, including long-term absence for sickness, but not specifically stress and work-related illness. Long-term absence includes officers on leave more than 28 days.</p><p>These data are available in the Absence Open Data tables published alongside the annual ‘Police workforce’ statistical bulletin, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-open-data-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 22/07/2019 15:43:04 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1125350

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) accuracy, and (b) ability of facial recognition technology used at airports.to distinguish between identical twins and other siblings of similar appearance.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	251913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Facial recognition technology employed by Border Force at airports is regularly assessed to ensure that it is operating within operational parameters agreed by ministers. The technology employs a matching algorithm to distinguish between individuals to confirm identity. There has been no specific research undertaken by Border Force or Home Office Biometrics into the ability of facial recognition algorithms to distinguish between identical twins or sib-lings who look very alike.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/05/2019 10:55:05 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1047752

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Speed Limits: Monitoring
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the (a) reliability and (b) accuracy of the LTI 20.20 speed gun; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	212335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>LTI 20.20 handheld speed measurement devices have been approved under the Home Office Type Approval process. Type Approval ensures that devices are accurate, precise, reliable, and consistent so that any evidence generated can be relied upon in court.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 29/01/2019 15:06:47 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

905683

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Automatic Number Plate Recognition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) on which motorways and (b) at which locations on those motorways automatic number plate recognition cameras are in use; and what offences such cameras are being used to detect.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	144834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology is used to help detect vehicles suspected of being involved in a broad range of offences, including tackling travelling criminals, organised crime groups and terrorists, and disrupting criminality at a local, force, regional and national level.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold the information on which motorways – and at which locations on those motorways – automatic number plate recognition cameras are in use. This is an operational matter for individual Chief Constables</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 21/05/2018 14:48:35 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

830249

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to address robberies and assaults by gangs on scooters and mopeds.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	124910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>We are working with other government departments, the police, industry and representative groups to identify what more can be done to prevent these crimes and to keep the public safe, and to develop an action plan focused on real and effective action.</p><p>This work sits alongside the review that the Government is currently conducting to look at the law, guidance and practice surrounding police pursuits and response driving.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 29/01/2018 17:56:13 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

810225

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has any plans to introduce gun licensing for air guns similar to that in force in Northern Ireland and Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	120691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has commenced a review of the regulation of air weapons in England and Wales, and we have asked for the views of a number of interested parties on this. We have also asked that anybody who wishes to share their views on this issue with us do so by 6 February 2018.</p><p>This review will take account of the arrangements in Scotland and Northern Ireland where air weapons are subject to a licensing regime, and we will also be looking at issues such as manufacturing standards, secure storage and whether current arrangements are sufficient to prevent children gaining access to air weapons. We will publish the outcome of the review in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/01/2018 14:54:02 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

759394

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the extent of the potential use of cryptocurrencies for criminal purposes; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	10018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>In the National Strategic Assessment published by the National Crime Agency (NCA) in 2017, the NCA assessed that cryptocurrencies will remain an enabler for online criminality because of their accessibility, perceived anonymity, speed of cross-border payments and irreversible payment mechanism. <a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/807-national-strategic-assessment-of-serious-and-organised-crime-2017/file" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/807-national-strategic-assessment-of-serious-and-organised-crime-2017/file</a></p><p> </p><p>The UK’s first National Risk Assessment (NRA) of money laundering was published on 15 October 2015. It identified the threats and vulnerabilities faced in this area, and assessed that such currencies posed a low risk for money laundering.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-national-risk-assessment-of-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-national-risk-assessment-of-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently updating the NRA, which will provide an updated view of the money laundering risk posed by cryptocurrencies. The NRA will be published in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/10/2017 09:17:05 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

748227

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle provision of terrorist and extremist propaganda through social media, the internet and other online sources.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	2759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>This Government has been clear there should be no safe space online for terrorists and their supporters to radicalise, recruit, incite, or inspire. The UK has been at the forefront of the online battle against extremist and terrorist material. The dedicated police Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU) refers content that they assess as contravening UK terrorism legislation to industry and have secured the removal of over 280,000 pieces of terrorist-related material since its inception in February 2010.</p><p>This government continue to work with technology companies to encourage them to be more proactive in tackling terrorist material on the internet. Following a roundtable with the Home Secretary on 30 March 2017, Twitter, Facebook, Google and Microsoft announced they would look at options for establishing a global industry led forum specifically focussed on tackling online terrorist content. The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism was formally launched on 26 June 2017. We continue to engage regularly with industry and international partners to ensure the forum will have a truly sustained and positive impact in tackling the evolving online threat posed by terrorists.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/07/2017 15:53:45 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight